Commentary
Rashida Tlaib Given Free Reign to Reimagine History While Defending ‘Nakba’ Resolution
In an interview with Mehdi Hasan on his MSNBC show, US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) set out the reasoning for her latest attack on...
Turkey’s Temporary, Souring Relations with Hamas
While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been mending diplomatic fences lately, he still makes inflammatory statements against Western countries. Last Friday, he accused Finland and Sweden of allowing too many terrorist organizations on their...
A Legal Inquisition: The UN’s Latest Attempt to Demonize the Jewish State Is Exposed
Despots and tyrants always insist on following the "rule of law." In the 20th century, leaders of the Soviet Union dispatched tens of millions of enemies — real and imagined — to the Siberian Gulag...
The Angel of Death at Mount Meron
JNS.org – I felt like the angel of death last year at Mount Meron, when the annual Lag B’Omer festival turned into a disaster — a crowd crush caused by inadequate infrastructure killed 45 people,...
Media Reality Check: Jenin Is the Epicenter of Palestinian Terrorism
The Washington Post reported on May 16th about how a leading Catholic clergyman in Israel...
PA Leader: Israeli Prisons Are ‘Identical Copy of Auschwitz and the Death Camps’
When Israeli soldiers tried to restore order at the Temple Mount during the violent Palestinian...
Palestinian Officials Use Planning Dispute to Wage Battle Against Israel
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has a new bone of contention in its battle against the...
What American Jewish Organizations Need — and Value — Today
It began with a simple question: what would Jewish nonprofits do with more money? As...
Anti-Normalization Is a Threat to Peace and Understanding
A few years ago, I was in the West Bank, in the South Hebron Hills....
Rashida Tlaib Given Free Reign to Reimagine History While Defending ‘Nakba’ Resolution
In an interview with Mehdi Hasan on his MSNBC show, US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) set out the reasoning for her latest attack on Israel,...
Turkey’s Temporary, Souring Relations with Hamas
While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been mending diplomatic fences lately, he still makes inflammatory statements against Western countries. Last Friday, he accused Finland...
A Legal Inquisition: The UN’s Latest Attempt to Demonize the Jewish State Is Exposed
Despots and tyrants always insist on following the "rule of law." In the 20th century, leaders of the Soviet Union dispatched tens of millions of...
The Angel of Death at Mount Meron
JNS.org – I felt like the angel of death last year at Mount Meron, when the annual Lag B’Omer festival turned into a disaster —...
Media Reality Check: Jenin Is the Epicenter of Palestinian Terrorism
The Washington Post reported on May 16th about how a leading Catholic clergyman in Israel had condemned the events surrounding the funeral of Al Jazeera...
PA Leader: Israeli Prisons Are ‘Identical Copy of Auschwitz and the Death Camps’
When Israeli soldiers tried to restore order at the Temple Mount during the violent Palestinian riots during Ramadan, official Palestinian Authority (PA) TV’s “Israeli affairs...
Palestinian Officials Use Planning Dispute to Wage Battle Against Israel
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has a new bone of contention in its battle against the so-called “Judaization” of Judaism’s holiest city. The West Bank-based administration...
What American Jewish Organizations Need — and Value — Today
It began with a simple question: what would Jewish nonprofits do with more money? As chairman of the Jewish Future Pledge, I was curious. So,...
Anti-Normalization Is a Threat to Peace and Understanding
A few years ago, I was in the West Bank, in the South Hebron Hills. It’s a rugged, barren, and rocky land, home to some...
US Economic ‘Aid’ to Israel no Longer Exists
JNS.org – Following the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a firefight between the IDF and Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank town...
Harvard Crimson Editorial on BDS Repeats Baseless Lies and Accusations
The Harvard Crimson editorial board's decision to endorse the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel is egregiously misplaced. BDS is not a...
The Media Doesn’t Bother with Facts; Israel Is Always Guilty
There was no Guardian editorial condemning the April 7 execution of three Israeli Jewish civilians in Tel Aviv by a Palestinian from Jenin named Raad...
Expect More of the Same in Lebanon
JNS.org – In Lebanon, the votes are still being counted in the wake of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but preliminary results indicate that not much will...
Jewish Democracy and Its Incommensurables
JNS.org – An excellent recent column by Zionist activist Blake Flayton on how to explain and defend Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state” recently caught...
